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Multistage hydraulic machine

Patent 4692090 Issued on September 8, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 8, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Spinning reserve device for a water-wheel
Patent #: 3985464
Issued on: 10/12/1976
Inventor: Hachiya ,   et al.

Method for reducing hydraulic turbine seal temperature while turbine runner is rotating in air
Patent #: 4047831
Issued on: 09/13/1977
Inventor: Mayo, Jr. ,   et al.

Multi-stage hydraulic machine and a method of operating same Patent #: 4406577
Issued on: 09/27/1983
Inventor: Ichikawa

Inventor

Assignee

Application

No. 06/893464 filed on 08/08/1986

US Classes:

415/112, With inlet and outlet connections415/115, WITH PASSAGE IN BLADE, VANE, SHAFT OR ROTARY DISTRIBUTOR COMMUNICATING WITH WORKING FLUID415/160, Individually pivoted vanes415/180, Cooling fluid contacts shaft, seal or bearing415/910REVERSIBLE BETWEEN PUMP AND MOTOR USE

Examiners

Primary: Garrett, Robert E.
Assistant: Pitko, Joseph M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

F03B 3/00 (20060101)
F03B 15/00 (20060101)
F03B 3/10 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

1981-03-23 JP

Abstract

A multistage hydraulic machine includes a water chamber in a bottom ring of the highest-pressure stage. The water chamber supplies cooling water to seal gaps between rotary and stationary elements through a communication passage connected to the water chamber.

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